[lbo-talk] more news from the motherland...

[ravi]

joanna wrote:
> ravi wrote:
> 
>> The swastika kid probably wanted to gain attention and
>> provoke in a typical teenage sense, while the crossbars are
>> probably one of the many symbols that identify the wearer with
>> America and hence "coolness".
>>
>>     -- Horace Lowell
> 
> You know, I don't think "Horace Lowell" is quite complete.
> 
> Somehow
> 
>    Horace Lowell III
> or
>    Horace Lowell Jr.
> 
> seems more complete. The "Lowell" seems to need something after it to parse
> 

I see your point... I thought perhaps Horace Lowell Esq., but that 
sounds silly in a US context, somehow. I like the III.

	-- Horace Lowell III